Horse-collar fastener



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` MMARKS.

HORSE COLLAR PASTENER.

10.417,570; ,Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSE MARKS, OF OMA/IIA, NEBRASKA.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,570, dated December1'7, 1889.

Application led J'ly 2, 1889. Serial No. 316,309. (No model.)

.To all whom, t may concern: v

Be it known that I, MOSE MARKS, a citizen of the United States, residingat Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have inventeda new and useful Horse-Collar Fastener, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has relation to horse-collars, and has particular referenceto the means for connecting the same.

Among the objects in view are to provide a simple, inexpensive, andconvenient device adapted to be applied to horse-collars,where by thetwo sections thereof may be quickly connected at their lower ends, andwhen so connected will be secure and not liable to be accidentallydisconnected.

Vith these general objects in view the invention consists in theprovision of two opposite metal sections of such a form as to adapt themto be rigidly connected with their respective collar-section, and toprovide said sections with suitable collar and pole strap receivingloops, whereby the sections when connected are maintained in place, and,further, to provide each of the sections with a means for interlockingwith the opposite section, all as willhereinafter appear, and beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a general view of `a horse-collarprovided with a locking device constructed ina accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device detached from the collar.Figs. 3 and 4 are perspectives of the sections detached from each other.Fig. 5 is a detail in section on lines o; of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the iigures of thedrawings.

1 represents a horse-collar7 and the same is formed of opposite sections2, each of which is provided with the usual inner rim portion 3 and theouter swelled portion 11, forming intermediate the two the usual grooveor V1- shaped crease 5. y

In practicing my invention I construct the fastener 6 of two sections 7and S, each of which is like the other so far as their general contouris concerned, and merely differ at their connecting or interlockingends.

Each of the sections 7 and S is preferably of a V shape and triangularin cross-section,

whereby they are adapted to snugly tit within the usual crease 5, abovementioned, having their larger ends disposed toward each other. Eachofthe sections is provided with perforations 9, through which are passedbolts or rivets 10, and by which the sections are secured to theirrespective collar-sections. The section 7 is provided at its enlargedend with a T-shaped recess 11, and at the inner end of the same, or thatend adjacent to the collar, there is provided a lug 12, that projectsoutwardly from the section into the recess. From the section in rear ofthe T-shaped recess there also extends and is formed integral with thesection a loop or keeper 13. The section 8, in contradistinction to thesection 7, has its larger end formed with an integral Tshaped tongue ortenon 14, of a shape corresponding with the recess 1l, said tongueprojecting beyond the edge of the collar-sec` tion, and being adapted tobe inserted laterally within the recess of the opposite section, whichlateral movement is permissible by reason of the collar-sections heilighinged or loosely connected at their outer ends in the usual manner.Upon the rear face of the T- shaped lug 14 is formed a small countersunkrecess 15, into which the lug 12 of the opposite section seats itselfwhen the two sections are interlocked. Aloop or keeper 16 is formedintegral with the section 8 and extends from the edge thereof, and withthe same is adapted to be connected the usual pole-supporting strap, aswill be readily understood. If desired, the loop 16 may be provided witha ring, into which a snap on the end of the pole-strap may be engaged.The ofti ce of the loop 13 is to receivethe usual collar-strap.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a horsecollarfastener, the combination of opposite sections, one of which is providedwith a T-shaped recess, at one end of which is formed a centralinwardly-projecting lug, and the other section provided with a T' shapedlug or tongue adapted to enter the recess of the opposite section, andprovided with a central countersunk recess adapted to receive the lugthereof, substantially as specified.

2. In a horse-collar fastener, the combination, with the sections 7 and8, the ends of Ioo which are provided with interlocking means, one ofsaid sections being provided slight-ly in rear of its interlocking endwith a transverse outwardly and right angularly disposed strap-receivingloop 13, and the other of said sections provided at its lower edge withthe longitudinal depending loop M,both of said loops being independentof the means for locking the ends of the sections, substantially as setforth.

3. In a horse-collar fastener, the combination, with the oppositecollar-sections 2, of the sections 7 and 8, eaeh of which' isperforated, as at 9, and riveted to the collar-sections, as

at l0, the section 7 being provided with thc transverse T-shaped recessll and having the inwardly-disposed lug 12, and the section 8 beingprovided with the T-shaped tongue 14 and the lug-receiving countersunkrecess l5, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

MOSE MARKS.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. BARNARD, EMILY F. KEATLEY.

